The best skills and expertise started to leave the institution… They increased tax rates… These are the longer-term effects of the dismantling of a well-run and respected institution…

Adrian Lackay, former Sars spokesperson

The SA Revenue Service (Sars) has dropped its case against its former spokesperson Adrian Lackay for speaking in parliament about problems at the organisation.

Suspended Sars Commissioner Tom Moyane in May 2015 claimed R12 million in damages from Lackay.

Lackay testified at the Nugent Inquiry into Sars that Moyane made his life “intolerable” and that the disgraced former Commissioner ran a "disinformation campaign", falsely claiming there’s a “rogue unit” at Sars.

Moyane’s destabilisation of Sars, testified Lackay, led to shortfalls in the collection of revenue and the severe risks the fiscus currently faces.